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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives Armed Services Committee conditionally called for a review Thursday of any illegal subsidies' role in a $35 billion refueling-aircraft contest lost by Boeing Co.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain said on Thursday he believes the Iraq war can be won by 2013, leaving a functioning democracy there and allowing most U.S. troops to come home.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats erupted in outrage on Thursday after President George W. Bush suggested a pledge by the party's presidential front-runner Barack Obama to meet Iran's leader was akin to appeasement of Nazi Germany.

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush offered a peace prophecy for the Middle East on Thursday in which the enemies of the United States faced a future of defeat.

LA JOLLA, California (Reuters) - The United States accused unnamed members of Venezuela's left-wing government on Wednesday of conspiring against neighboring Colombia by supporting Marxist guerrillas.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday passed and sent to the Senate a $289 billion, five-year farm bill that expands nutrition and biofuel programs in the face of President George W. Bush's promise to veto it.

SACRAMENTO, California (Reuters) - California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger unveiled on Wednesday a revised $144.35 billion budget plan for the state's next fiscal year that proposes using state lottery revenues to back bonds whose proceeds would help close a $17.2 billion shortfall and build a rainy-day reserve.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican leaders in the House of Representatives, stung by a third election defeat in as many months, scrambled on Wednesday to regain the confidence of voters as well as some of their own members.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (Reuters) - Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann, who led investigations into companies blamed for the state's subprime mortgage mess, resigned under a cloud on Wednesday after admitting to an affair with a female staff member.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Paul Clement, who defended President George W. Bush's policies restricting the legal rights of the Guantanamo Bay prisoners, is resigning as the administration's top lawyer before the U.S. Supreme Court, the Justice Department said on Wednesday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain's wife, Cindy, has sold more than $2 million in mutual funds with investments in companies that do business in Sudan, McCain's campaign said on Wednesday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A House of Representatives committee voted on Wednesday to withhold over half of about $720 million sought by the Bush administration to start building missile defense sites in Poland and the Czech Republic.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States protested to Zimbabwe's government on Wednesday over the "harassment" of the U.S. ambassador and other diplomats there and criticized Harare's lengthy buildup to a runoff presidential election.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Trade Commission should probe Countrywide Financial Corp's practices involving how it handled borrowers entering bankruptcy, Sen. Charles Schumer said on Wednesday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Colombia's decision to extradite 14 former paramilitary leaders to the United States to face drug-trafficking and other charges was praised on Wednesday by a leading Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives, who said it could improve the outlook for a free-trade deal.

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush accused Iran on Wednesday of using the Hezbollah movement to destabilise Lebanon.

WARREN, Mich (Reuters) - Three former chairmen of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission endorsed Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Wednesday, bolstering the Illinois senator's economic credentials and bipartisan appeal as he closes in on his party's nomination.

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The United States said on Wednesday six world powers had no plans to offer Iran security guarantees to encourage it to suspend nuclear activity, hours after Russia floated the idea.

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The White House on Wednesday said security guarantees for Iran were not being considered at the moment in nuclear talks.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union on Wednesday condemned the resumption of judicial executions in the United States and said abolishing capital punishment was fundamental to protecting human dignity and furthering human rights.